High paying construction jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Every construction occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single construction job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL salary is worth about 0.99× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · Employed

1First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$74,980
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,450 – $116,5509,840
2Construction and Building Inspectors$66,220
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,400 – $98,4501,820
3Electricians$57,450
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,960 – $76,7007,170
4Carpenters$52,130
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,180 – $69,9506,010
5Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$52,000
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,610 – $66,8304,180
6Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$50,300
High school diploma or equivalent
$40,390 – $73,3203,980
7Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$49,590
No formal educational credential
$38,480 – $75,0601,780
8Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$49,560
No formal educational credential
$36,610 – $61,530770
9Sheet Metal Workers$49,510
High school diploma or equivalent
$35,880 – $65,950970
10Pipelayers$47,790
No formal educational credential
$37,490 – $59,170570
11Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,570
No formal educational credential
$36,870 – $58,8703,080
12Glaziers$47,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,710 – $62,310820
13Roofers$47,170
No formal educational credential
$33,280 – $63,5803,380
14Tile and Stone Setters$46,280
No formal educational credential
$27,830 – $65,690480
15Construction Laborers$43,750
No formal educational credential
$33,600 – $59,11012,860
16Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers$42,670
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,130 – $53,090770
17Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$38,930
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,540 – $48,100760
18Hazardous Materials Removal Workers$38,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,850 – $52,630620
19Helpers--Electricians$38,270
High school diploma or equivalent
$34,990 – $49,300770

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$74,980	$49,450 – $116,550	9,840
2	Construction and Building InspectorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,220	$45,400 – $98,450	1,820
3	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$57,450	$38,960 – $76,700	7,170
4	CarpentersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,130	$37,180 – $69,950	6,010
5	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$52,000	$41,610 – $66,830	4,180
6	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$50,300	$40,390 – $73,320	3,980
7	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$49,590	$38,480 – $75,060	1,780
8	Drywall and Ceiling Tile InstallersNo formal educational credential	$49,560	$36,610 – $61,530	770
9	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,510	$35,880 – $65,950	970
10	PipelayersNo formal educational credential	$47,790	$37,490 – $59,170	570
11	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$47,570	$36,870 – $58,870	3,080
12	GlaziersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,500	$36,710 – $62,310	820
13	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$47,170	$33,280 – $63,580	3,380
14	Tile and Stone SettersNo formal educational credential	$46,280	$27,830 – $65,690	480
15	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$43,750	$33,600 – $59,110	12,860
16	Miscellaneous Construction and Related WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$42,670	$29,130 – $53,090	770
17	Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,930	$29,540 – $48,100	760
18	Hazardous Materials Removal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,440	$37,850 – $52,630	620
19	Helpers--ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,270	$34,990 – $49,300	770

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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